This is an analysis of the poem Marshlands that begins with:

A thin wet sky, that yellows at the rim,
And meets with sun-lost lip the marsh's brim. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee XX ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111110101 1101110101 0111010111 1111111101 0101100101 0101010101 0111010100 1101110101 1101011101 1101000101 1101010111 11110111001 1101010101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Marshlands;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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